Chapter 136 Liu Bang’s sudden wisdom
The middle-aged man known as Liu Bang immediately smiled and said: "Reporting to the county magistrate, I heard that the imperial court issued another notice, so I invite everyone to come together to accept the imperial court's instructions."
"Humph, now that you've seen it, why don't you leave quickly?" the county magistrate snorted coldly.
"Yes, sir." Liu Bang said.
Immediately, Liu Bang led everyone to prepare to leave.
"Master Xiao," the county magistrate said solemnly.
Xiao He turned around and replied: "The villain is here, what are your orders?"
The county magistrate said: "Go to the granary to find out how much stone wheat there is, and then gather people to grind the wheat into rice flour."
Xiao He bowed and said: "No."
Immediately, Xiao He took Liu Bang and a group of people to the granary in Peixian County.
On the way.
Liu Bang held a small branch and waved it in the air.
"Xiao He, you know very well how much grain is in the granary. Why do we need to go to the granary again? Can't we just ask the superiors to grind the wheat into powder?"
"Since the county magistrate ordered us to do it, there must be another purpose. I'll wait until we get to the granary first." Xiao He replied.
When Liu Bang heard this, he immediately sat next to him and said impatiently: "If you don't leave, if you don't leave, you will not be meticulous in your work. Obviously you are the chief clerk and are in charge of all the money and food trivial matters in Peixian County. How much food does the granary have?" Don't you know?
To be honest, the granary may not be able to take out much food now. When we arrive at the granary, we may find that it is empty. "
Fan Kuai, who was accompanying him, immediately said: "That's right, Xiao He, as the chief registrar, don't you know the situation of the granary?
Tell the truth, is there any food left in the granary? "
Liu Bang said; "Fan Kuai, how can you ask this? Aren't you embarrassing Xiao He?
Xiao He, let’s not go to the granary to avoid making things difficult for you. "
Everyone else looked at Xiao He. Although the county magistrate ordered everyone to come to the granary, they only wanted to clean up the wheat in the granary first and did not say to grind flour immediately.
Xiao He sighed and said: "Liu Ji, Fan Kuai, to be honest, there is not much food in the granary, and there are indeed some discrepancies with the accounts.
If you want to reconcile the warehouse accounts, it will definitely increase the burden on the people.
Therefore, we must immediately grind the wheat into flour, and then lie that we have lost a lot in the process, so that the accounts can be reconciled, and the people can live a stable life. "
"As expected, there is indeed a lot less food in the granary. Xiao He, you are the chief registrar of Peixian County. You are to blame for the loss of food." Liu Bang said worriedly.
Xiao He heard Liu Bang's worry and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements. If it doesn't work, I won't let myself be put in danger."
Cao Shen said: "I don't believe what others say, but I believe what you Xiao He says. No one knows what you Xiao He is capable of. It's just that you don't have a chance. Otherwise, you will make more mistakes as a prime minister."
Xiao He immediately said: "I am self-aware, let's go to the granary."
"good."
Liu Bang also stood up and said, "Let's go and see how big the difference is. We'll help you make up for it."
Soon everyone came to the granary.
But as soon as they entered the granary and before they started working, they were surrounded by a group of people.
The leader is the magistrate of Pei County.
Xiao He and others saw that the person who came was not kind, and looked at everyone in a panic.
Liu Bang looked at the large group of people and immediately said with a playful smile: "Sir, are you planning such a large army to catch thieves who steal food?
We just saw a group of people sneaking away, and now it's not too late to catch up. "
The county magistrate sneered and said: "Liu Bang, you don't need to shout to catch the thief. You are the one who stole the food. Come and arrest him."
"What?" Fan Kuai asked angrily.
"What do you want to do?" Cao Shen also yelled angrily.
Zhou Bo also said angrily: "You want to wrongly accuse us, it's just a dream."
Liu Bang immediately interrupted him and said: "Zhou Bo, what are you talking about? How could the county magistrate have wronged us? He just wants us to cooperate."
Then he walked to the magistrate, but he had not yet walked to the magistrate.
The guards on the left and right of the county magistrate drew their swords to protect the county magistrate, and would kill Liu Bang as soon as he came near.
When Liu Bang saw this, he immediately smiled and said: "Your Excellency, County Magistrate, we know that there is a lot of food missing in the granary.
We did not do this. Even if the county magistrate arrests us, it will be useless. If the court investigates, you will not be able to escape the blame, and you may even lose your official position. "
The county magistrate sneered: "As long as I hand you over, the court may not punish me.
"It doesn't necessarily mean that you are not sure. If the court punishes you, everything you have now will be lost. Why don't we think of a safer way so that everyone will be fine." Liu Bang persuaded again.
"Do you have any idea?" the county magistrate asked suspiciously.
Liu Bang said with a smile: "I have no solution for the time being, but I can definitely think of a solution. At most, we can make up for the lost food for the county magistrate."
The county magistrate smiled and said: "Okay, this is what you Liu Bang said. If you can't do it, then I will take you all to Lishan to do coolies."
"Don't worry, sir, I will definitely find a way." Liu Bang said,
"Okay. Let's go." The county magistrate nodded and immediately ordered most of the people to go back.
As soon as the county magistrate and the others left.
Before Liu Bang could wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, Cao Shen immediately ran to Liu Bang, grabbed Liu Bang's lapel, and roared: "Liu Ji, do you want to kill us?"
Fan Kuai also stepped forward and said: "How can we have so much food to fill the holes in the granary?"
Xiao He said: "Let go quickly. If you don't thank Liu Bang, why do you blame him instead?"
Cao Shen looked at Xiao He in disbelief and said, "He asked us to fill the hole in the granary. Why should we thank him?"
Liu Bang said: "If I hadn't said that, we would have been dead by now."
Xiao He nodded and said: "Liu Ji is right. One look at the county magistrate's formation and he knew that the county magistrate had a premeditated plan.
As soon as the court notice appeared, he knew that the food in the granary would be known to everyone, so he asked us to bear the blame.
If we had resisted just now, then we would have played into the hands of the county magistrate, who would have killed us directly, and then charged us with stealing food from below.
If we don't resist, we will be captured and our fate may be worse than death.
So Liu Jigang saved everyone. Now apologize to Liu Ji. "
After Xiao Heyi's analysis, everyone in Cao Shen suddenly realized, and at the same time they wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, and then all apologized to Liu Bang.
Granary waved his hands and said: "We are all brothers, there is no need for this. Now we should work together to find a way to overcome this difficulty."
Everyone nodded.
Fan Kuai said angrily: "I didn't expect the county magistrate to be so sinister. I wish I could kill him."
